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Piano Braille Design

Drawing in braille: Piano Keyboard C Major Scale that can be adapted to create quarter, half, and whole notes too.

If you and/or your student is already familiar with the musical staff, try this drawing in braille of a piano with the C Major Scale! You can challenge yourself or your student to create this piano using the quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes!
*Make sure you insert your paper into the Brailler horizontally!

Piano Instructions in PDF

  • Line 1: make p, make 3 ‘c’s, make 3 full cells, make 2 ‘c’s, make 3 full cells, make 3 ‘c’s, make ‘this’, make 3 ‘c’s, make 3 full cells, make 2 ‘c’s, make 3 full cells, make 2 ‘c’s, make 3 full cells, make 3 ‘c’s, make ‘this’
  • Line 2: make l, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456
  • Line 3: make l, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456
  • Line 4: make l, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456
  • Line 5: make l, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456
  • Line 6: make l, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456
  • Line 7: make l, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456, space 3 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 2 times, make 3 full cells, space 3 times, make 456
  • Line 8: make l, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456
  • Line 9: make l, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456
  • Line 10: make l, space 2 times, make C eighth note, space 1 time, make 456, space 2 times, make D eighth note, space 1 time, make 456, space 2 times, make E eighth note, space 1 time, make 456, space 2 times, make F eighth note, space 1 time, make 456, space 2 times, make G eighth note, space 1 time, make 456, space 2 times, make A eighth note, space 1 time, make 456, space 2 times, make B eighth note, space 1 time, make 456
  • Line 11: make l, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456
  • Line 12: make l, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456, space 4 times, make 456
  • Line 13: make ‘v’, make 4 hyphens, make number sign, make 4 hyphens, make number sign, make 4 hyphens, make number sign, make 4 hyphens, make number sign,  make 4 hyphens, make number sign, make 4 hyphens, make number sign,  make 4 hyphens, make number sign
     
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